A 49-year-old construction worker died at a Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza construction site Monday morning after a tractor rolled and trapped him underneath, officials said.Gaston Meza Rebollar, of Lake Elsinore, died by accident of blunt traumatic injuries, according to the LA County Medical Examiner’s Office.
“We are deeply saddened by this tragic loss,” said Jason Lombard, managing director for the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza Partnership, according to the Los Angeles Sentinel. “Our heartfelt condolences are with the worker’s family, friends and colleagues.”
The LA Fire Department said in a press release that a heavy equipment operator was able to remove the tractor before fire department personnel arrived. Paramedics pronounced Rebollar dead just before 11 a.m., according to the medical examiner’s office…